[DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK

Jayson Smith ratguy at bellsouth.net
Mon Feb 27 18:24:52 EST 2006


Hi,
No, no DECtalk demo application will work with a screen reader as a synth,
sorry.  These programs are designed to be used by themselves, not interfaced
with another application.
Jayson.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Harding" <bharding at doorpi.net>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK


> Will it work with jaws as a synth?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>
>
> > Hi,
> > The 4.3 demo version is available at the DECtalk archive which is at
> > http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk
> > The complete URL is as follows:
> > http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk/Miscellaneous/dectalk4.3.zip
> > Hope this helps.
> > Jayson.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
> > To: "'DECtalk Discussions'" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:48 AM
> > Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
> >
> >
> >> Is the 4.3 version available to anyone interested? How could I get a
> >> copy?
> > I
> >> work in research and teaching, and often have things I'd like to try
out
> > (I
> >> need wav files generated) by having subjects listen and evaluate.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> >> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith
> >> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:00 AM
> >> To: DECtalk Discussions
> >> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >> As I understand it, the demo programs are produced so that potential
> > clients
> >> can evaluate DECtalk to see if it meets their needs, from a quality of
> >> speech etc. prospective.  I assume that a full version would maybe be a
> >> Speak window but also contain libraries and other files so that DECtalk
> >> could be interfaced directly with other programs.  The demo, at least
> >> version 4.3, will read a file up to about 60K in size.  Also, version
4.3
> >> lets you convert the text into a wav file which is very nice!  Version
> > 4.6.1
> >> or is it 4.61 won't let you do that, and I happen to have a copy of the
> >> 4.6.4 demo and it also won't convert to wav.
> >> Jayson.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
> >> To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:00 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Thanks so much!  My colleague Corine is now on  this list and so I
> > thought
> >> it
> >> > was a good question to ask.  I just have my  communication device,
plus
> >> I've
> >> > never heard or seen a Dectalk Express, so that  was a treat for me.
> >> >
> >> > Say, my friend Dave reminded me that the Dectalk on my  CD is just a
> > demo.
> >> > What is a full software version like?  All I  ever get for my work is
> > the
> >> demo
> >> > speak windows.  To me, they are like a  full version because they
never
> >> expire
> >> > and they read any size file.  So I  forget that they are demos.  So
> >> > what
> >> does
> >> > a full version do that the demo  won't?
> >> >
> >> > I probably could get a full version but I really have  no need for
one.
> >> I'm
> >> > just curious as to what it is and why you would need  it when the
demo
> >> does it
> >> > all?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > SNOOPI
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > In a message dated 2/26/2006 11:23:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> >> > ratguy at bellsouth.net writes:
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I've reached the following conclusions.  I experimented  with DECtalk
> > 4.3
> >> > demo, creating a wav file.  I used your four  questions and invented
> >> twelve
> >> > more.  Questions starting with How,  Where, Why, what and when had a
> >> downward
> >> > inflection, like a sentence.   Others had an upward inflection like a
> >> > question.  My DECtalk Express  using version 4.2CD of the firmware
> > handles
> >> > these questions in the same  way.  To hear DECtalk 4.3 asking these
> >> > questions, get the following  file.
> >> > http://www.bluegrasspals.com/questions.wav
> >> > Here are the  questions.  Note that in the fourteenth question there
is
> > a
> >> > comma,  which makes it still sound like a question.  The fifteenth
> >> question
> >> > is  just the second part of the fourteenth question but is still
spoken
> >> like
> >> > a  sentence.
> >> > Have you eaten yet?
> >> > How many of your brothers still live at  home?
> >> > How many years of school did it take to become a nurse?
> >> > Where can  I get my suit cleaned?
> >> > How do you want your hair cut?
> >> > Would you like to  keep asking me questions?
> >> > Should I go to the doctor?
> >> > How much wood  should I bring home?
> >> > Isn't she beautiful?
> >> > Where is Dennis  sitting?
> >> > Why does this computer keep crashing?
> >> > When will I get to see  that movie?
> >> > Who's on First?
> >> > If I go to sleep tonight, when will I wake  up?
> >> > When will I wake up?
> >> > What is the square root of two?
> >> >
> >> > -----  Original Message -----
> >> > From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
> >> > To:  <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> >> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:12  AM
> >> > Subject: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > >   1.  Have you eaten yet?
> >> > >     2.   How many of your brothers still live at  home?
> >> > >      3.  How many years of school did it take to become a   nurse?
> >> > >     4.  Where can I get my suit  cleaned?
> >> > > Part of my work promted me to ask you all  a Dectalk  question.  My
> >> > Colleague
> >> > > wanted to know how my Dectalk handled  the  above questions.  For
the
> >> most
> >> > part
> >> > > the inflections  went up in the middle  of these questions rather
> >> > > than
> >> the
> >> > >  end.  I have two questions for the  group.
> >> > >
> >> > > 1.   How does Dectalk Express handle these  questions?
> >> > >
> >> > >  2.  In the manual it says something about the  "^" changing how
> > things
> >> are
> >> > > emphosized.  I think it's the ^ anyway.    How do you use it and
> >> > > would
> >> it
> >> > change
> >> > > how questions come   out?
> >> > >
> >> > > I think there are other symbos that change how   things are said,
> >> > > Does
> >> > anyone
> >> > > know what they are?  I used this  stuff twice  in my life but I
> >> > > forget
> >> what
> >> > > they are.  I just  remember not being impressed  enough to use
them.
> >> But
> >> > now  I'm
> >> > > trying to remember what they were and what  they  did.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >  SNOOPI
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
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